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Facebook Application Spreading Adware

Facebook Security

A new scheme allows cyber-criminals to monetize on unwary users by leading them into installing adware applications. Rather than using hidden vulnerabilities in the social networking platform, this novel approach relies on social engineering in order to trick users into interacting with the attacker.

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 official release

Firefox 3.6 Re-Discover the Web

*Update* A new release of Firefox is available from the Mozilla Website Here. Some of the best features new to Firefox 3.6 are: Personas: Personalize the look of your Firefox by selecting new themes called Personas in a single click and without a restart Plugin Updater: To keep you safe from potential security vulnerabilities, Firefox will
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Google China To Shut Down Or To Stop Censoring Google.cn After Gmail Hacking Attacks

Google China

“We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having
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